Smylie Kaufman Talks His Picks for the Team Europe at Ryder Cup

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00:00Let's do the European team.

00:01Who are the locks?

00:03They're going no matter what guys on this team.

00:07It goes eight deep.

00:08It does.

00:09You have eight locks on this team.

00:11Eight locks.

00:12Okay, who are your locks?

00:14They're going to be on the team.

00:18It's Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Tyrell Hatton,

00:21Sepp Straka, Ludwig O'Berg, Victor Hovland, Tommy Fleetwood, and Shane Lowry.

00:25Those eight guys are going to be on the team.

00:27One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

00:31That's interesting because the one of that list that you did not list

00:36that is higher than both Shane Lowry and Victor Hovland

00:39in terms of probability of making the team is Robert McIntyre.

00:43Yeah, and he would be nine.

00:45He would be nine.

00:46Yeah.

00:47I mean, I think Bobby Mack has done enough,

00:50especially seeing the way he played at the U.S. Open

00:52at a challenging Northeast course.

00:55That guy to me would be, I guess, given the way Shane played early in the year.

01:01I think that's – I would extend that.

01:03I agree with you entirely on eight of those guys being locks,

01:06and I really would extend it to nine locks and include Bobby Mack in that.

01:09And then your next –

01:10Justin Rex would be on the team.

01:12I mean, that's – so Justin Rose's probability,

01:16he is considerably down the list in terms of probability to make this team.

01:20He has a 4.5% chance to make the team, which is below Sergio Garcia.

01:25Yeah.

01:26It's insane.

01:27What?

01:28There's a – if you go look at this, probability of making the team,

01:33I'll just start ripping off names here.

01:34Aaron Rye, Harry Hall, Matt Fitzpatrick, Thomas Dietrich,

01:38Neergaard Peterson, Rasmus Hoyard, David Pooge.

01:41I wonder why that is.

01:42You know, maybe they just feel like he –

01:46Munn misses something.

01:46Just the golf he's played this year.

01:48He's not.

01:49He almost won the Masters.

01:51Boston playoff.

01:53Yeah.

01:54Hold on.

01:55Hold the phone.

01:56Well, I mean, he missed the cut at the U.S. Open,

01:57missed the cut at the RBC Canadian Open,

01:59missed the cut at the PGA,

02:01was second at the Masters.

02:02But, I mean, really, this year, it is a little bit harsh on him

02:05because he's got two runners up at majors over the last couple of years.

02:11I mean, yeah, okay.

02:15I mean, we'll keep going here.

02:16I just think his experience is valuable.

02:19So, you have Rosie as your 10th.

02:22Who are your last two?

02:25Honestly, no idea.

02:30I can try my best here to give you a name.

02:36I just take both of the Hoygard brothers and be done with it.

02:39I mean.

02:41Why not?

02:42They're up there.

02:44They're up there on the points list.

02:47Ah, gosh.

02:48I mean.

02:49I mean, I think you're looking at.

02:51You can pick a name out of a hat.

02:52I really do not know.

02:54I think.

02:55So, your pool.

02:56I think realistically.

02:58So, let's just pull Rose off the lock list.

03:01So, we want three guys.

03:02I think it's three guys from a list that includes Rose.

03:05Both the Hoygard brothers.

03:07Matt Fitzpatrick.

03:09And Aaron Rye.

03:11And then also Thomas Dietrich.

03:13He won earlier this year in Phoenix.

03:15I think he's got a shot to make that team.

03:18I mean, it'll be interesting.

03:19And I wonder how many sessions the guys.

03:21What about Neergaard Pearson?

03:22Is he?

03:23He's up there on this thing.

03:24I believe he's a bomber.

03:25He was.

03:26He was kind of.

03:27He was around it.

03:27He was in and around it at Oakmont for a brief period of time.

03:32Let's check out his profile.

03:33How he's played.

03:35Oh, wow.

03:37Yeah.

03:37He's got some solid finishes.

03:39All right.

03:39He's kind of a sleeper.

03:40Yeah.

03:41Definitely a sleeper to make the team.

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